After being cut off on I-287, the explorer went into a series of swerves which became uncontrollable. It finally flipped over on the driver's side and skidded along the roadway on its side. Driver sustained a broken rib and a collapsed lung. The road was dry and clean. The tires were new michelins. The car should not have gone out of control and flipped.
1998 Ford Explorer suspension complaints
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Firestone tires were replaced due to recall 00t005, however consumer states replacement tires (not firestone's) experience the same vibration and when making a turn it feels like vehicle is going to rollover, problem is possibly suspension related.
Explorer roll over killed my sister-very unsafe vehicle-didn't have firestone tires-vehicle is very unsafe and they should be removed from the roads-she was going 35mph and swerved to avoid a head on collision with another vehicle in her lane-explorer flipped and she was killed instantly
Whenever vehicle hits a bump it would jerk either to right or left. This causes steering wheel to jump out of driver's hand. Contacted dealership and manufacturer, and informed consumer it was front end suspension.
Vehicle shimmies and makes a groaning noise.
Vehicle experienced poor directional control after vehicle hit a bump or pothole in road while traveling at speeds in excess of 35 MPH. Dealership informed consumer that there was nothing wrong with vehicle. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Trunk door will not shut properly. Consumer is able to slide his hand in while door is shut. *ak consumer contacted dmv and found out vehicle had been in an accident, consumer specifically asked for a vehicle that had not been damaged, however dealer sold it to him anyway, consumer feels deceived and is experiencing multiple problems with vehicle. Radio is inoperative at times. Hatch rubs agains frame of vehicle. Taillight and headlight are out of alignment, fog lights had lamp failure. Vehicle experiences problems with absorbing road shock, vehicle pulls to right. Check engine light illuminates, vehicle experiences low power. Rear power window motor failed. Power antenna failed. Right windshield wiper interior garnish molding loose, rear wiper blade skips center of glass, dealer replaced rear wiper arm and blade assembly. Steering gear assembly replaced due to noisy. Bumper not even.
Vehicle is leaning to right. Took vehicle to dealer numerous times. Vehicle bounces and rocks to left and right as well. Dealer cannot remedy.
There was squeaking noise coming from front of vehicle as if shocks were going bad in vehicle. In march, dealership informed her that there was nothing wrong with vehicle. On may 11, 2001- after the warranty expired, dealership informed consumer that following components needed to be replaced: both upper ball joints, right outer tie rod , and alignment. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
While driving vehicle would vibrate once it goes over 30mph. There would be severe shaking & hard to control. This would happen when just idling or waiting. Sometimes vehicle would stall out.
While driving 50-55 MPH vehicle started spinning and started to roll. Consumer had been driving on a straight part of highway, damage to vehicle unknown at this time.
Lower ball joints were shot. Problem was found during routine maintenance. This was what caused vehicle to rattle when hitting bumps or cracks in road.*ak consumer was advised that ball joints have no grease joints and that is why they failed .
The intake gasket leaks, the consumer is waiting for ford to redesign it so the noise will not persist while driving. Nlm
When driving 40 MPH vehicle hit a patch of ice in the road and vehicle went off to side road, and fliped three times. Possible cause of the problem may be linked to tires. Please provide any further details.
Drivers side door does not catch properly. Nlm
Engine starting failure has caused the car to be left two times, each time it stumbled and when it did start my wife put it into drive at which time it rolled into traffic and cut off again. This is dangerous, the shop I took it to could find no bad codes and had no idea why it happened. I found a tsb concerning it on your website so now I know others are having the same problem. Concerning the squeeling coming from the front end at speeds from 0-40, I took it to a shop and they sprayed some lubricant on it but the noise returned, I am afraid that something is going to fail in the front end and again. I found a tsb concerning the same problem on your site, so I am not alone in this problem. The oil leak was noticed when the squeal problem was investigated and again I noticed a tsb conserning the rear main seal leaking.
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Car has never driven properly. Dealer just discovered on third complaint (wheels lift off ground) that the torsion bar was installed on the wrong side during manufacturing. This mistake could have killed someone.
Upper ball joints failed.
15" wheel too small for vehicle, suspension not as stable as a 2000 year model, rear wiper failed 2 times (also failed in 2000 model,) turn signal cancels too quickly/easily replaced 2 times still lousy, (dot number: not applic tiresize: 235/75/r15)
Experiencing problem with vehicle tilting too far when making a turn at 20 MPH. Dealer notified, and informed consumer that nothing could be found, and everything appeared to be normal. Feel free to provide any further detai on this matters.
Consumer had recalled (00t005) firestone wilderness at tires replaced with dunlop, however after the replacement tires were on the vehicle it vibrated and shook badly, after the tires have been balanced 4 times, the vibration and shaking still exists, this problem could be a suspension or tire problem.
Consumer vehicle failed inspection because of shredding/balding firestone tires, consumer believes the tires were defective and had all four tires replaced, consumer believes tires should be covered under recall and request reimburesment. Nlm
While driving the vehicle it has a lot of creaking and knocking noises coming from under the front of explorer, you can feel the knocking through the steering wheel. Have not found anything broken.
Vehicle experiences vibration and slight drift to the right around 65 MPH. Rotated tires every 5000 miles, however inside of front tires experience severe cupping. At 35000 mile service, brought to bankston ford (frisco tx) for maintenance. Tires rotated, but nothing noted on service report about severe cupping on inside of tires by bankston. Grew frustrated with lack of service and disregard for safety, took to goodyear dealer. Tires were worn to the 2nd layer and near failure, and shown to me by tech. Replace with goodyears & had alignment checked, needed slight toe in adjustment. Vehicle still vibrates at 65 MPH, already seeing cupping wear pattern on inside of brand new goodyears with less than 500 miles!. *ak( dot number: tire size: p255/70r16 )
While driving vehicle will start vibrating. Consumer had replaced tires to correct vibration, but still there was vibration. Shock asorber had been replaced and vibration continued. Consumer believed that could be a vehicle problem. *ak the consumer has went through 4 sets of tires which start cuppping after 15000 miles, the tiresare balanced and rotated every 5000 miles. A new shock was put on which helped vibration some but not completely. The pinion bearing rear axle went out at 36000 miles.
Sidewall failure/partial separation - r&r kit necessary to bring vehicle into alignment specifications( dot number: w2uu tire size: p226/70r15 )
Tires show stress crack where the belt is attached to cassion, tire have developed a vibration at 45 MPH to 70 MPH, I have removed all 5 tires from vehicle and replaced them with michlen tires, since I live in ga, the voluntary recall for our area was not schedule till october, so in the name of safey I relplace them with no assistance from firestone.the dot number indicates these tire were not from firestone's decatur il plant, but I have 5 tires(dot w2hl 128) that have a problem. *ak( dot number: w2hl128 tire size: 235/75r15 )
Severe vibration at 62mph - ford said characteristic of vehicle would not fix or repair. *ak( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Truck started developing control problems, fishtailing and vibrating. Noticed that tire treads were separating. Took to firestone dealer and replaced all 4. 2 of them were bulging and separating a great deal, the other 2 were starting to develop minor bulges. We were lucky that we stopped before we lost complete control. *ak( dot number: )
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